2019 Halle Synagogue Shooting

Overview

The 2019 German synagogue shooting refers to an attack that occurred near a synagogue in Halle, Germany in which two people were killed on the Jewish holy day Yom Kippur. A 35-minute video of the attack was streamed on Twitch and the video was reportedly posted on various white-supremacist Telegram channels.^[2]

Background

On October 9th, 2019, suspect Stephan Balliet, a 27-year-old German resident, live-streamed himself attempting to enter a synagogue in Halle, Germany while armed with several improvised weapons. After failing to enter the building, Balliet shot a woman walking by in the street before driving to a kebab shop and shooting a man inside. Prior to attempting to enter the synagogue, Balliet addresses the stream viewers in English with anti-Semitic statements. According to reports, Balliet crashed his car while being pursued by police and was arrested.

Developments

PDF Documents

That day, a thread about the shooting was created on Kiwi Farms,^[1] where several PDFs were submitted allegedly uploaded by the shooter. In one of the documents, a link to the SpillJuice Twitch stream was provided, along with a note that about a "former BIO" of the 8chan /v/ board. Another document contains information about the homemade guns used in the attack, including a "Luty SMG 9mm Parabellum," a "12 gauge Slam-Bang shotgun," a "singel shot .38 special pistol," a "Plastic Luty," a "Short Slam-Bang shotgun," a various homemade hand grenades. Additionally, the document listed the stated "objectives" of the attack, which included proving "the viability of improvised weapons", to "kill as many anti-white as possible" and a list of video game-style achievements. A third document contained an anti-semitic message promoting "techno-barbarism" and referencing Catgirls.

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